2009 Vegalta Sendai season

During the 2009 season, Vegalta Sendai competed in the J.League Division 2, the second tier of the Japanese football league system. Sendai finished 1st with a total of 106 points, the most points amassed by any team in J2 league history.^[1] The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup, being eliminated by Gamba Osaka at the semi-final stage.

Vegalta Sendai

2009 season
Chairman	Shirahata Yoichi
Manager	Makoto Teguramori
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J.League Division 2	1st (promoted)
Emperor's Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Soares (16) All: Marcelo Soares
Home colours Away colours
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J.League Division 2.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Vegalta Sendai (C, P)	51	32	10	9	87	39	+48	106	Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1
2	Cerezo Osaka (P)	51	31	11	9	100	53	+47	104
3	Shonan Bellmare (P)	51	29	11	11	84	52	+32	98
4	Ventforet Kofu	51	28	13	10	76	46	+30	97
5	Sagan Tosu	51	25	13	13	71	51	+20	88

Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 2		Emperor's Cup		Total
					Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tatsuro Hagihara	(1982-08-06)August 6, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF	Kosuke Kitani	(1978-10-09)October 9, 1978 (aged 30)	cm / kg	2	0
3	DF	Kodai Watanabe	(1986-12-04)December 4, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	50	3
4	DF	Junya Hosokawa	(1984-06-24)June 24, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
5	DF	Yugo Ichiyanagi	(1985-04-02)April 2, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	18	2
6	DF	Elizeu	(1979-10-21)October 21, 1979 (aged 29)	cm / kg	51	7
7	MF	Naoki Chiba	(1977-07-24)July 24, 1977 (aged 31)	cm / kg	40	5
8	MF	Atsushi Nagai	(1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 34)	cm / kg	40	0
9	FW	Takayuki Nakahara	(1984-11-18)November 18, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	36	10
10	MF	Ryang Yong-Gi	(1982-01-07)January 7, 1982 (aged 27)	cm / kg	51	14
11	MF	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	(1985-12-26)December 26, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	50	4
13	FW	Yuki Nakashima	(1984-06-16)June 16, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	38	8
14	FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	(1977-05-23)May 23, 1977 (aged 31)	cm / kg	40	8
15	FW	Kohei Tanaka	(1985-12-11)December 11, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	16	1
16	GK	Takuto Hayashi	(1982-08-09)August 9, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	51	0
17	MF	Shingo Tomita	(1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	34	0
18	FW	Marcelo Soares	(1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	34	16
19	FW	Dan Suzuki	(1989-03-09)March 9, 1989 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
19	FW	Sales	(1986-06-09)June 9, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	12	2
20	MF	Takahisa Nishiyama	(1985-07-11)July 11, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	5	0
21	GK	Kentaro Seki	(1986-03-09)March 9, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
22	GK	Shigeru Sakurai	(1979-06-29)June 29, 1979 (aged 29)	cm / kg	0	0
23	MF	Naoya Tamura	(1984-11-20)November 20, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	23	1
25	MF	Naoki Sugai	(1984-09-21)September 21, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	49	3
26	MF	Keita Sogabe	(1988-07-02)July 2, 1988 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
27	DF	Park Joo-Sung	(1984-02-20)February 20, 1984 (aged 25)	cm / kg	34	2
28	MF	Junichi Misawa	(1985-05-21)May 21, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	2	0
29	DF	Toshio Shimakawa	(1990-05-28)May 28, 1990 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
30	MF	Satoshi Hida	(1984-04-18)April 18, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
31	MF	Daisuke Saito	(1980-08-29)August 29, 1980 (aged 28)	cm / kg	36	0

References

1. "2009年 | 公益社団法人 日本プロサッカーリーグ（Ｊリーグ）". aboutj.jleague.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06.

Other pages

• (in Japanese) J. League official site